Flying from São Paulo to Miami?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from São Paulo to Miami?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from São Paulo to Miami?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
São Paulo → Miami
A long flight from Brazil to United States. You gain 1 hour on arrival.
This route crosses the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
Departing from
GRU
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport
Brazil's financial capital
São Paulo is Brazil's largest city and financial engine, a dense forest of high-rises with no single historic core, spread across an inland plateau rather than a coastline. A commuter rail line reaches a station near Guarulhos Airport, with an automated people-mover covering the final stretch to the terminals on a limited evening schedule; most travelers still arrive by bus, shuttle, or car. The city is known for serious year-round traffic and a helicopter culture among executives trying to avoid it. It also has one of Latin America's deepest restaurant scenes and a dense, varied immigrant heritage, from Italian to Japanese.
Surrounding hubs
| 2,393 km / 1,487 mi | |
| 2,615 km / 1,625 mi | |
| 3,475 km / 2,159 mi |
The Magic City
Miami is a low, flat city wrapped around Biscayne Bay, with the Atlantic and its barrier-island beaches on one side and the Everglades not far to the west. It is really several cities at once: the beach strip, the mainland business core, and a patchwork of distinct, often Latin American neighborhoods that give Miami its bilingual rhythm. Heat, humidity, and a real hurricane season shape the calendar more than in most US cities. The city is built for the car; transit exists but rarely beats driving, so expect traffic to be part of any plan.
Nearby airports
| 34 km / 21 mi |
Surrounding hubs
| 855 km / 531 mi | |
| 959 km / 596 mi | |
| 1,049 km / 652 mi |
Find out which side of the plane to sit on.
Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.
We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.
Enter your flight
Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.
We track the sun along your route
Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.
You get a recommendation
Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.
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Notes from the product.
Small updates, route observations, and clearer explanations for how the app keeps evolving.
Type less, wait less, wonder more
Airport search now understands metro codes and old city names, FlightSide loads noticeably faster, and a new Feeling lucky button chooses a flight for anyone without one in mind.
A closer look at the route, not just the seat
FlightSide now shows the two cities and key details about the flight alongside the seat recommendation: confirm you picked the right airports, read the time change off two clocks, and check the return leg.
It's all about the sun (after all)
Not all sunlight reaches the side windows. FlightSide now weighs the sun’s angle to the cabin and shows twilight along the route.